First Year agent wrote 40 MA plans

Sorry but 40 just won't get you a ton of extras. @DonP is right you need to be over 120 to really start making noise.
It's hard to get over that in pure new business during AEP. I was over it this year and did not get more than a phone call. One way agents (myself included) can write 100 or even 150 plus is there is some internal replacing going on. Not to pad numbers but it just happens.

40 is a good start and while they may not make noise about it, be patient. These carriers will track it - and FMOs track it. Next year in July/August they may say, "You did 40 in '22. What do you think you'll do in '23? If "X" we can support that with $$ upfront."

This year I got a bunch up front then mid-way thru AEP got a call saying I hit a metric and another deposit was coming.

Keep pushing and write during "lock out" and keep building and the $ will be there.

Then, if not, then look for a new FMO. But wanting to jump ship because you "only" got a call (and you only wrote 40) doesn't look too good.


Yes the double " non taxable " deposit was nice " Correct their will be a certain amount of rewriting your own business . If you don't somebody else will . What people don't talk about is if you work leads 7-10% of what you wrote will never go active . People you write get cold feet when they see the cancel from current carrier , the agent saves the plan ( I saved 11 ), the company calls and saves it( yes company's were calling disenrolls heavy ), some of the plans you write during aep will be knocked out by another agent, you write plans the client already bought ( duplicate app). All this will come to 7-10% of apps you write using leads . These people filled many leads .



I worked a ton of referrals and only had 1 back out . The beauty of this business is how referrals snowball as your business grows. I beat in anyone's head the mapd mkt is in a free for all . The money out there causing cut throat chaos . In the end all that matters is what you deposited at yr end minus your exp's . One thing I've done that created big loyalty and gotten me tons of loyalty is I personally answer ever call within 1-2 hrs . Even if just to say I'll call you back . I get so many " I can't believe how quick you called me back . Thank you . " I run into 5 plus clients a week that say their agent never calls them back or they haven't heard from him in yrs ".
 
Shoot my fmo isn't too bad then.... Just got $200 worth of Allen's steakhouse steaks delivered to my door today and went to Vegas for a week on their dime. Even got to play the Wynn golf course!
 
@MatchINS don't get discouraged by some of the responses. Everyone started at 0 and some never got further than that. Your 40 sales means you are not starting at zero in January.

Your next task is to figure out how to generate sales between now and next October. There are plenty of ways to do that LEGALLY without knocking on doors or wearing a dumb shirt that says "Ask me about MEDICARE".

People are turning 65 every day. Others are retiring past 65. Some are forced to retire early due to disability. And some will qualify under at least 1 of the 5,000 SEP definitions.

Do you need a new FMO? Maybe, maybe not. Very few will hold your hand or give weekly attaboy's, but many will help you find ways to talk to new prospects year 'round.

Find your niche and work it like there is no tomorrow.
 
@MatchINS don't get discouraged by some of the responses. Everyone started at 0 and some never got further than that. Your 40 sales means you are not starting at zero in January.

Your next task is to figure out how to generate sales between now and next October. There are plenty of ways to do that LEGALLY without knocking on doors or wearing a dumb shirt that says "Ask me about MEDICARE".

People are turning 65 every day. Others are retiring past 65. Some are forced to retire early due to disability. And some will qualify under at least 1 of the 5,000 SEP definitions.

Do you need a new FMO? Maybe, maybe not. Very few will hold your hand or give weekly attaboy's, but many will help you find ways to talk to new prospects year 'round.

Find your niche and work it like there is no tomorrow.

How many referrals you get during aep? I got at least 75 . Everything I do is above board . Don't be jealous just because in 2 years my books 2 times your size it took you 10 yrs to
build . I bet i had 50 clients during aep say I'm the best agent they ever had . I never roll my business as you defeat the purpose behind this job which is renewals . You've always been a negative person doubting a person can write so much business .

No one was trying to discourage the orginal poster . He wants perks for doing 40 apps . The reality is while that's good it's not great and you get little for it . He might have gotten $3k of marketing money if you placed it with 1 carrier .
 
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@DonP . . .

I came up shy of 500,000 referrals . . . so many I was forced to give them away to agents I respect . . . sorry you did not get your share . . .

I have no reason to brag about my book with $1,000,000 in renewals . . . my ego is not as fragile as yours.

Not negative, just know bullshit when I see it and your stinks all the way across the country
 
@DonP . . .

I came up shy of 500,000 referrals . . . so many I was forced to give them away to agents I respect . . . sorry you did not get your share . . .

I have no reason to brag about my book with $1,000,000 in renewals . . . my ego is not as fragile as yours.

Not negative, just know bullshit when I see it and your stinks all the way across the country


You believe what you need to believe . Ifg had 100 agents do over 110 apps and 13 over 200 apps and one did 430 . I guess it's all bs . Yes you are negative as hell . 90% of the shit that comes out of your mouth is negative about this or that . When someone has not achieved the sales success of someone they believe it's bs
 
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